2023 Midwest Regional Lead and Healthy Housing Conference

May 10 – 11, 2023

Held at the Drury Plaza Hotel in Indianapolis

Registration Information

For 1 person from an organization $255
For 2 or 3 persons from an organization $230 per person
For 4 or more persons from an organization $205 per person

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Exhibit Information

Conference Program

Wednesday, May 10

7:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Conference Registration

9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. – General Session

Part 1: Welcoming remarks
Part 2: Presentation on the Interface between Health and the Environment
Part 3: HUD’s Policies and Funding Opportunities to Conduct Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes Programs
Part 4: Use of ARPA Funds to Finance Lead Poisoning Prevention and Lead Hazard Control Activities

12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. – Lunch Provided

1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. – Two Concurrent Educational Tracks

Educational Track #1 on Lead Poisoning Prevention and Lead Hazard Control Issues

Part 1 – Universal Testing: Indiana’s Call to Action
Part 2 – Opportunities for Lead Testing through Medicaid
Part 3 – New Technologies for Screening for Lead in Paint, Dust, Soil and Water
Part 4 – How to Enact Tenant Protection Measures

Educational Track #2 on Healthy Housing Issue

Part 1 – Asthma Triggers in the Home and Child Care Facilities
Part 2 – Strategies for Reducing Asthma Triggers
Part 3 – Indiana University’s Technical Studies Grant on Factors for Identifying Unhealthy Homes Factors
Part 4 – Emerging Indoor Contaminants

5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. – Networking Reception and Exhibit Viewing

Thursday, May 11

9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Two Concurrent Educational Tracks

Educational Track #1 on Lead Poisoning Prevention and Lead Hazard Control Issues

Part 1 – Compliance with EPA’s RRP Rule for Property Managers
Part 2 – Lead Hazard Control as a Growing Opportunity
Part 3 – Replacement of Lead Service Lines and the Distribution of Lead Service Lines Replacement Funds

Educational Track #2 on Healthy Housing Issue

Part 1 – Integrating Hazards Materials Management
Part 2 – Mapping as a Tool in Combating Asthma
Part 3 – Partnership on Healthy Homes and Targeting the Weatherization Deferral List

12:30 – 1:30 p.m. – Lunch Break

1:30 – 5:00 p.m. – Two Concurrent Educational Tracks

Educational Track #1 on Lead Poisoning Prevention and Lead Hazard Control Issues

Part 1 – Effective Communications and Outreach: Indiana’s Lead Messaging Campaign
Part 2 – How to Conduct a Lead Inspection or a Clearance Inspection
Part 3 – Status of EPA’s Revised Lead-Based Paint Clearance Standards and their Implications to Local Programs

Educational Track #2 on Healthy Housing Issue

Part 1 – Building and Maintaining Radon-Safe Communities
Part 2 – IAQ and Respiratory Issues
Part 3 – Cockroaches and Bed Bugs

Adjournment 5:00 p.m.

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Location and Hotel Information

Drury Plaza Hotel, 9625 N. Meridian Street, Indianapolis

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The conference will be held at the Drury Plaza Hotel, 9625 N. Meridian Street, Indianapolis, IN 4 6290.

To make hotel reservations

Call the hotel at 800.325.0720

Tell reservations that you are attending the Lead and Healthy Housing Conference to receive the conference room rate of $149.00 for single or double.

Be sure to mention the Group Number: 10022889

Reserve Room Online

Conferences Designed to Help Program Managers

As a program manager – new or old – you are not alone. The trials and tribulations that you face have been dealt with by others. The conferences provide you with answers and insights based on the successful experiences of other grant managers through technical assistance workshops and educational sessions.

Also of great value is the opportunity you’ll have to network with fellow managers and program staff from throughout the region.

Environmental health practitioners, health educators, environmental hazard remediation professionals, and building operators face growing challenges. From tight budgets to issues of political and public support to determining appropriate work practices and to questions of environmental science, they all face mounting concerns of how to effectively operate and sustain programs, projects and businesses. The main purpose of the conferences is to help attendees explore solutions to the challenges that are encountered each day in efforts to implement success programs.

Plenty of Time to Network and Establish Professional and Business Relationships

The conferences provide a perfect setting for environmental health practitioners, local and state government officials and industry practitioners to meet, exchange ideas and establish working relationships with one another.

Learning from each other and renewing acquaintances are true benefits of participating in the Lead and Healthy Housing Conferences.

The conferences bring together professionals from health, housing, community development, community groups, advocacy organizations, the lead industry, real estate firms, and residential and commercial facilities to explore ways to undertake programs and projects designed to prevent incidents of lead poisoning, eliminate indoor environmental hazards, and create healthy living and working environments.

Earn Your CEUs

The conference has been preapproved by the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) for 13 CEUs. If you are interested in obtaining the CEUs, send an email to WeilCM2@verizon.net and request the NEHA pre-approval form.